Poppet valve



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Patented Nov. 24, 1942 UNITED s'rrrlssv 'PATENT OFFICE POPPET VALVE ARodney B. Campbell, Los Angeles, Calif., assgnor to, John Eley', Jr., Los Angeles,

Calif.

Application April 26, 1940, Serial No. 331,822 5 Claims. (Cl. 137-139) My invention relates to valve devices, and more particularly to a selector Lvalve device for use in selectively connecting a plurality of fluid flow pipes to aplurality of' uid discharge pipes.

The invention is of particular utility in connection with controlling flow of high pressure fluid to 'an actuating cylinder, and will be described in connection therewith, although it is to be understood that I do not intend to be limited thereto.

It is a primary object of my invention to provide a selector valve device adapted to connect selectively a source of pressure fluid with any one of a plurality of supply passages, the connection thereof being selectively controlled by my valve device.

A further object of my invention is to provide a valve device adapted to be connected into a main linesupply operating iiud under high pressure, and adapted to selectively deliver operating fluid from the main line -to any one of a plurality of supply pipes at a predetermined rate of ow without ,causing a substantial drop of fluid pressure in the main line.

It is a further object of my invention to provide such a valve device having a throw mechanism adapted to be operated by the application of very low operating pressures even against the action of abnormally high fluid pressures tending to oppose such operation. I prefer to accomplish this by the use of suitable cam mechav nism for actuating the valve members of my of my valve device. Fig. 2- is a vertical cross-sectional view taken 45 Fig. 3 is a horizontal cross-sectional` view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig.' 1.

on the line 3-3015 Figgl.A

Fig'.v 4 is a.- diagramma'tic' view, partly in section, showing a preferred operation of the invention.

Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 6-6 `of Fig. 3., i

Referring to- Fig. 5 is a cross-'sectional view taken on theA counterbores I6 and I1 in member I having an upright portion ll and horizontal perdons l2 and I3, the housing member I0 being provided with foot members I4 adapted to form a support for the device. The upright portion AIl of the housing member I0 is provided with a longitudinal bore I having each end thereof, the counterbore I6 being further counter-bored at I8 andthe counterbore l1 being v:further counter- Atween the central chambe valve seat element 29.` The valve seatelement 39 formed' on avalvel clol0-'sure member 40 'which isl adapted to seat ontheV 1 Y maryfactuating valve the ldrawings, y,I show: a housing best shown in Fig. 2, whichis positioned between bored at Ila. The upright portion Il of the housing member I0 is also provided with a first vertical bore 2B and a second vertical bore 2l, both of which are preferably axially aligned with and intersect the longitudinal bore l5. Also provided in the upright portion ll are a pressure fluid opening 23 4and a discharge opening 24.

y In the upper end of the first vertical bore 20 is a first inlet valve means 25, and in the upper end of thesecond vertical bore 2l is a second inlet valve means 26, which will bedescribed in detail hereinafter.

The iirst inlet valve means `25, as shown, is positioned inthe outer end of the rst vertical bore 20 which has a counterbored threaded pork tion 21 forming an annular shoulder 28 on' which is seated an annular valve seat element Y29 held in fluid-tight engagement' with the yannular shoulder 28 by an annular follower nut 30 threadedly received in the counterboredl threaded. portion 21. The valve seat element 29 is centrally bored to form a central chamber. 32, the upper end of which formsa valve seat 33, and formed integrally with thelower side lof the valve seat element area pair oiA parallel plates and 35.A A plurality of passages 36 communicate be- 32 and thev ,rst've tical bore 20 below vthe 29 S..a1S9,aX.ia11Y drilled at 38 toreceive a stem 33. The valve'closuremember lll lhas valve seat a centralizing hub` ll projecting upwardly therefrom on which is centered a conical helical spring 42, the upper end of which ed portion, .the helical under compression ltending seat 33.1. communi mingA between a space lli` engages `a. plug 4 3' threadedly receivedin the counterbored'thread-f springl normaux/beine to maintain thejvaliei closure memberfllin seated relation on the valve thereon.

2 f asoaeea the parallel plates 34 and 35. The valve actuatinf,Y- means 41 includes a dog 48 pivoted by means of a pivot pin 49 secured to the depending plates 34 and r35, the outer end of the dog 48 engaging the lower end of the stem 39. Also pivoted to the parallel plates 34 and 35 by means of a pivot pin 50 is a cam element 5|. The cam element 5| is provided with a shoulder 52 thereon which is adapted to engage the extreme lower end of the dog 48 when in the position shown in Fig. 2, which shoulder is adjacent the pivot pin 50, as shown. y A second shoulder 53 is alsoformed on the cam element 5I, preferably being parallel to the first shoulder 52V formed thereon and being positioned at a. distance remote from the pivot pin 50. The cam element 5I also has a depending portion 54 and .is provided with a vertical face 55 which is adapted to engage a flat face 56 formed on a control rod v51. I

The control rod 51 extends entirelylthrough the longitudinal bore I5 of the housing member and has a projecting end 58 to which a control handle 59 is xed by a pin 60 or other suitable means. The control rod 51 is journalled at its leftward end, as seen in Fig. 1, in a sleeve bearing 62 suitably secured in the bore 63 of a plug element 64 which closes the outer end of thecounterbore I8, and which is held in huid-tight relation with the housing member I0 by means of bolts 65 or other suitable holding means. The

leftward end of the control rod 51, as seen in Fig. 1, is bored to receive a compression spring 66 which engages the control rod 51 and the plug element 64 to normally hold the control rod in the axial position shown in Fig. 1. A suitable packing element 68 is provided in the counterbore I6 surrounding' the control rod 51 to form a :duidtight seal around the control rod to prevent fluid g from leaking therepast. The packing element 68 is held in position between an inner annular plate 69 and an outer annular plate 10, the outer annular plate compressing the packing element 60 and being held in position by a. cup member 1| which is in turn held in position by a threaded Y ring 12 threadedly received in a threaded portion Voi.' the cormterbore I8.

The rlghtward end of the control rod 51` is :Iournalled in a bushing 14 received in an end plus 1,5 which is secured to the housing member Il by bolts 16 or other suitable means. Engaging the inner end of the bushing 14 is a packing cormterbore I1a,is a. cup-shaped retainer 8l held in placeV by a. threaded ring =80 which is'threadedly received in an outer threaded portion of the counterbore Ila, the retainer 85 retaining av packing gland 83 around. the control rod l1.

The second inlet valve means 28, as best shown in Fig. 5, is identical vin construction with the Y viirst inlet valve means 25 described hereinabove,

exceptthat a dog 40a and a cam element lid thereof occupy positions which are exactly the reverse of the positions of the dog 48 and the cam element a depending portion 54a of the cam element 5Ia engaging a second flat face 58a formed on the control rod 51 and disposed parallel and oppositely to the at face 50 formed A space 44a above the second inlet valve means 28 communicates through a second passage 81 with. the pressure iiuid opening 23.

manned in the horizontal portion l2 or the 0090ang1etoeachofthefaces58and56a bored at 9| to communicate through an opening 92 formed in the cup-shaped member 1I with a chamber 93 around the control rod 51 and below the first inlet valve means 25. Seated on a shoulder formed by the inner end of the bore 90 is a washer 94 which supports an annular valve seat element 95 which is held in fluid-tight engagement with the washer by means of a threaded follower ring 96 threaded into the bore 90. A

ball valve element 91 is normally retained in seated position on the valve seat element 95 by means of a compression spring 98 which engages it and also engages an apertured web 99 formed integrally with the follower ring 96. The outer end of the bore 90 is closed .by a plug element |00, and a space I0| above the ball valve element' 91 communicates through a primary discharge .passage I 02 with a first supply opening |03 which is suitably threaded to receive a pipe connection.

The annular valve seat element 95 and the ball ed bore I 05, as best shown in Figs. 3 and 5, which is internally threaded like the bore 90 and is preferably of the same internal diameter and has a counterbore |06 communicating with a central chamber |01, the chamber also communicating with the under side of the second inlet valve means 26. The bore |05 contains a second check valve means |08 preferably identical in construction with the first check valve means |04 described hereinabove, the outer end of the bore |05 being closed by a plug |09, forming an outer chamber ||0 which communicates through a passage IIGI with a second supp'ly opening ||2 which is also internally threaded v to receive ,a pipe connection.

' Also disposed in the housing member I0, as'

best shown in Figs. 3 and 6, are fa first discharge valve means ||5 and a second discharge valve A means II6 which are identical in construction with each other and with the rst and second inlet valve means 25 and 26, and reference is hereby made to thev detailed description of the construction of the first inlet valve means 25, as shown in' Fig. 1, for the parts thereof. It is also to be noted that corresponding parts of the valve 5 means z5, 2s', H5, and Hs havethe same dimensions and are fully `interchangeable, which greatly facilitates assembly and replacement of parts.

A space ||1 outside thefirst discharge valveV means ||5 communicates with a passage |I8 which in turn communicates with the primaryv discharge passage |02. The first discharge valve meansv I|5 includes a pivoted cam element IIS, similar to thev cam element 5I, which engages a flat face |20 formed on the control rod 51 at a Likewise, a space|2| outside the second discharge valve means ||6 communicates with a passage |22 which in turn communicates with the outer chamber Ill. 'nie second discharge valve means 5 u also includes a pivoted cammement m, sim- A ilar to the cam element 5|', and which engages the hat face |20 formed on the control rod 51, as

best shown in nga. 3 yand 6. The inside areas of the nrst and second discharge valve means i5 housingmember |0isathreadedbore9l counterf 75 |25 and a pressure relief valve |25a. as

best shown in Fig. 6. The flrst pressure relief valve |25 is adapted to be received in a threaded bore |26 in the upright portion of the housing member and includes a washer |21` on' whichis seated a valve seat ring |28 adapted to seat a ball valve |29, the ball valve normally being held in pressure engagement with the valve seat ring by a coil spring |30 operating through an engaging member `|3|, the other end of the coil -spring engaging a stem |32 adapted to be vertically adjusted by a screw |33 threaded through a cup plug |34. yA dust cap |35 is threaded over the cup plug |34 to` completely enclose thesame. The lower side of the' first pressure relief -valve |25 communicates with the space |I1, and the upper side thereof communicates through a parsage |31 with the dischargeopening 24. The second pressure relief valve |25a isidentical in construction with'the first pressure relief valve |25, and corresponding parts are similarly numbered with the suffix a( The lower side of the second pressure relief valve` |25a communicates with the space |2|, and the upper side thereof communicates through the passage |31a ,with the discharge opening 2,4.

As shown in Fig.' 3,v the horizontm portion' lz ofl ilrst supply opening |03. A removable dust cap |48 seals the flrst metering valve |40 but may be removed to permit adjustment of the valve element |44 to permit a greater or lesser amount of fluid to ilow through the metering valve to the first supply opening |03.

A second metering" valve |50 nis provided in the horizontal portion I3 so as to meter the flow of fluid from the passage to the second vsupply opening ||2, the second metering valve member .|50 being identical in construction with the first metering valve |40 described hereinabove.

As shown in Fig. 4, the pressure fluid opening 23 is adapted to receive lsupply piping |52 which leads to the housing 'from a suitable source of supply (not shown) .of high pressure fluid. The discharge opening 24 is adapted to receive discharge piping |53 which leads from thev housing |0 to a suitable point ofdischarge (not shown). The first supply openingl |03 is adapted to receive suitable supply tubing |54 which leads from the housing I0 to any desired point of us'e of the fluid handled by the device, and for the purpose of illustration I have-shown; this supply tubing connected `to one end-fof a pump cylinder |55 having a piston |56 Ytherein to which is connected a piston rod |51 which extends out through the end of the cylinder. The other end of the cylinder |55 is connected bylmeans of a supply conduit |58 to the second supplyv openingV ||2.

With the parts Vof the device in the positions shown in the drawings'ginwhich'the handle 59 is verticallydisposed, the riirstaand second inlet valve means 25 and 26 areboth closed so that no fluid underpressure can :flow from the pressure fluid opening 23 through the device to either the Y flrstor second supply opening |03 or ||2. With the parts in this position', the high pressure fluid from the'supply piping" |52 `will fill the pressure fluid opening 23,-;thefpassage 45, the space 44 above the first inlet means25, the secondary passage 01, and the space 44a above the second inlet valve means 28.

When the control rod 51 is rotated by means of the control handle 59 ina counter-clockwise direction, as seen in Fig. 2,- the flat face 56.on the control rod moves against the vertical face 55 of the cam element 5|, rotating the latter on its pivot pin v50, and the' shoulder 52 engaging the end of the dog 48 moves the latter upwardly, transmitting this movement through the stem 39 to the valve closure member 40, unseating the same from its valve seat 33 so as to permit a flow of high pressure fluid downwardly from the space 44 through the valve seat 33 and the passages 36 into the chamber 93 below the first inlet valve ymeans 25 and around the control rod 51. The initial upward movement of the valve closure member 40 is necessarily against the downward pressure of the helical spring 42 and the considerable pressure exerted by the pressure fluid on the top of the valve element in the space 44, which pressure may, at times, exceed 2000 pounds per square inch. Due to the 'cam action exerted by the primary valve actuating means 41 on the stem 39, the control rod 51 maybe rotated to open the flrst inlet valve means 25 by only a slight pressure exerted on the control handle 59,

required inthe art, and only a small amount of pressure on the control handle is necessary to open the` inlet valve means 25 of the device -against even extremely high fluid pressures tend-` ing to maintain the valve mechanism closed.

As soon as the valve element 40 is unseated from its valve seat 33, and pressure fluid starts to flow through the flrst inlet valve means 25, the downwardly acting pressure on the upper face of the valve element 40 is relieved, and the valve element may thereafter` be raised more rapidly, since this force tendingto maintain it in closed position has beenv relieved. I accomplish this by the second shoulder r53 formed on the cam element 5|, which engages the pivoted dog 48 as soon as the shoulder 52 clears the end of the pivoted dog by continuedirotation of the control rod 51. Since the second shoulder 53 isV spaced remote from the pivot pin 50, continued rotation of the control rod 51 increases the rate of opening of the valveclosure member 40 to quickly fully open the first inlet valve means 25, to per-` mit a free flow of pressure fluid therethrough.

With the opening of the first inlet valve means 25, the pressure fluid flows downwardly there-l through the flrst supply opening |03 into the supply tubing- |54. The pressure fluid then flows through the supply tubing |54 into the leftward end of the pump'cyllnder |55/as shownin Fig. 4, to exert a high fluidy "pressure on the piston |56, causing it and its connected piston rod |51 to move to the right.

Such counter-clockwise rotation o'f the control rod 51,. as seen in Fig.'2, simultaneously opens the second discharge valve means IIB. This is accomplished by the nat face of the control rod' engaging and moving the cam element |23 exactly as described in connection with the cam element 5| of the rst inlet valve means 25, to open the second discharge valve means IIS. The operation or the second discharge valve means ||5 is identical with that of the first inlet valve means 25, as described hereinabove. l

When the second discharge valve means ||5 is open, -it permits exhaust il-uid to discharge from the right-hand end of the pump cylinder |55 through the supplyconduit |58, the second supply opening ||2, the second metering valve |50 which has been previously adjusted so as to permit a flow of iluid therethrough at a predetermined rate, the Passage lll, the outer chamber ||0, the passage |22, the space |2|, and inwardly through the second discharge valve means ||5 around the'control rod 51, and upwardly and outwardly through the passage |24 and the discharge opening 24 into the discharge piping |53, whence this exhaust iluid may now to a fluid reservoir.

It will thus be understood that when the control r'od 51 is rotated in a counter-clockwise direction, as seen in Fig. 2, the rst inlet means 25 will be opened to permit pressure fluid to Ilow from the pressure iiuid opening 23 to the first supply opening |03, and the second discharge.

valve means ||6 will simultaneously be opened to permit exhaust iluid at low -pressure to discharge from the second supply opening ||2 to the discharge opening 24. It is also to be noted that when the primary inlet valve means 25 is opened, as described, the surplus pressure fluid not metered through the rst metering valve |40 has access to the lower side of the first pressure relief valve |25, which causes the ball valve |29 to move away from its valve seat ring |28 against the action of the coilspring |30 to permit the surplus pressure iiuid to discharge through the passage |31 directly into the discharge opening 24 and the discharge piping |53. The coil spring |30, however, is adjusted so as to maintain a considerable force on the ball valve |29 tending to ,close it, so as to maintain substantially full pressure on the pressure fluid in the supply piping |52, which is an important feature of the invention in that it -permits other similar valve devices to be operated with the pressure iluid from the supply piping |52 in sequence or otherwise Without any substantial fluid pressure drop across the first of such valve devices to be operated.

When the control rod 5| is rotated in a clockwise direction, as seen in Fig. 2, the rst inlet valve means 25 and the second discharge valve means 5 remain closed due to the fact that the faces v56 and |20, respectively. move away from the cam elements of these valve means. Upon such clockwise movement of the control rod, however, the flat face 'a'engages the cam element 5|a to open the second inlet valve means 25, and the flat face |20 engages the cam element ||9 to open the/rst discharge valve means ||5 simultaneously. Since the second inlet valve means 2G and the rst discharge valve means |5 are identical in .construction and operation with the first inlet valve meansv 25, described hereinabove, reference is madethereto. forthe operation of the valve means.

With the opening vof thesecond inlet valve v control rod 51, through the space |01, and

through the counterbore |06 and the second check valve means |08 into the outer chamber H0, whence it flows through the second meteringvalve and the second supply lopening ||2 into the supply conduit |58 andpinto the righthand end of the pump cylinder |55, to force the piston therein and its connected piston rod |51 to the left, as seen in Fig. 4. In this adjustment of the device, the surplus high pressure fluid, not metered through the second metering valve |50, passes through the second pressure relief valve |25a, the passage |314, and the passage |24 into the discharge opening 2'4, the same.

as described above in connection with the iirst pressure relief valve |25, to continue to maintain full pressure in the -supply piping 52. A further function of vthe` rst and second pressure relief valves |25 and |`25a is that they may be adjusted so as to compensate for the unequal areas on opposite ends of the-piston |56.

With the opening of the iirst tiiscliargel valve means ||5, the exhaust uid may then discharge from the left-hand end of the pump cylinderl |55, as shown in Fig. 4, through the supply tubing |54, the rst supply opening |03, the transverse opening |41, and the iirst metering valve |40, into the passage H8, whence it ows through the'rst discharge valve means 5 inwardly around the control rod 51 and upwardly and outwardly ,through the passage |24 and the dis-I charge opening 24 and the discharge piping |53 to a. suitable point of discharge.

It will thus be seen that by rotating the control handle 59 in one direction, high pressure fluid is admitted to one end of the pump cylinder |55, and the other end of the pump cylinder is put into open communication with the discharge piping |53. Upon a reverse movement of the control handle 59, the high pressure fluid is admitted into the other end of the pump cylinder |55, and thepump cylinder on the opposite side of the piston |55 is put into open communication with the discharge piping |53. Thus, the action f so as to regulate the rate of movement of the piston rod |51, as desired.

Although I have shown and described a preferred embodiment of my device, it will be understood that my device and parts thereof may have other applications and embodiments, and I do not intend to be limited to the construction shown andl described, but intend to be accorded the full -scope of protection of the following claims.

I claim as my, invention: l. In a valve device, the combination of: a valve seat member -having an opening therethrough; a valve element adapted to seat on said means 26. high pressure i'iuid'ilows from the pres- 75 seat member and having a stem extending through said opening; a ilrst pivot disposed at one side of said stem; a dog pivoted ony said ilrst pivot and rotatable in one direction to engage said Stemat a point between the ends of said dog; a second pivotdis'posedl at the opposite side of said stem; cam means pivoted on said second Divot and so constructed to be rotatable ,in the opposite direction to be initially engagea-ble with said dog at a point between said stem and the end of said dog remote from said rst pivot; and

an actuating element rotatable in said one vdirection to engage said cam means' for rotating said cam means on said second pivot so as to apply a relatively great opening force to said valve element through said dog and said stem.

2. In a valve device, the combination of: a

valve seat member having an opening therethrough; a valve element adapted to seat on said seat. member and having a stem` extending through said opening; a first pivot disposed at one side of said stem; a dog pivoted on said rst pivot and rotatable in one direction toengage said stem-at a point between the ends of said dog; a second pivot disposed at the opposite side of said stem; cam means pivoted on said second pivot and'so constructed to be rotatable in the opposite direction to be initially engageable with said dog at a rst point between said stem and the end of said dog remote fromsaid rst pivot and subsequently engageable with said dog at a second point between said stem and said first pivot; and an actuating element rotatable in said one direction to engage said cam means for rotating said cam means on said second pivot so as to cause said cam means to initially engage saiddog at said rst point and subsequently engage said dog at said second point.

3. In a valve device, the combination of: a valve seat member having an opening therethrough; a valve element adapted to seat on said seat member and having a stem extending through said opening; a iirst pivot disposed at one side of said stem; a dog pivoted on said first pivot and rotatable in one direction to engage said' stem ata point between the ends of said dog; a.

second pivot disposed at the opposite side o! said stem; cam means pivoted on said second pivot and so constructed as to be rotatable in the opposite direction to be initially engageable with said dog at a point between said stem and the end of said dog remote from said rst pivot; and a rotatable control rod rotatable in said one direction to engage said cam means for rotating said cam meanson said second pivot so as to apply a relatively great opening force to .said valve element through said dog and said stem.

4. In a valve device, the combination of: a valve seat member having an opening therethrough; a valve element adapted to seat on said seat member and having a stem extending lthrough said opening; a rst pivot disposed at one side of said stem; a dog pivoted on said iirst pivot and rotatable in one direction to engage said stem; a' second pivot disposed at the opposite side, of said stem; cam means pivoted on said second pivot and rotatable in the opposite directon to engage said dog to rotate said dog in said one direction, said cam means being provided with an end portion remote from said second pivot; and a rotatable control member constructed and arranged so that when rotated in said one direction it engages said end portion and rotates said cam means yin said opposite direction and when said control member is rotated in said opposite direction it does not engage said cam means for at least a substantial portion, of

such rotation.

5. In a valve device, the combination of:` a valve seat member having an opening therethrough; a valve element adapted to seat on said pivot; and al rotatable control member having a flat face and constructed and arranged so that 'when rotated in said one direction a portion of said flat face engages said end portion and rotates said cam means in said opposite direction and when said control member is rotated in said opposite direction it does not engage said cam means for at least'a substantial portion'ot such rotation.

RODNEY B. CAMPBELL. 

